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Anyone have a suggestion for low iodine wet food?
I contacted another brand that I use for their cats to find out the iodine content. This was their reply. Does that mean this food is also low iodine?let us know how it goes
It's frustrating when companies do this. I don't know what aafco's maximum is, however when I look at Koha's iodine content in their pates, it is quite a lot higher than I was comfortable with for my boy. The aafco minimum is 0.6 mg/kg which, for example, is what Weruva consistently maintains across all their varieties (I had several conversations with one of their representatives to get this info), and also just to mention, Feline Natural chicken and venison is low iodine (although their phosphorus content is on the high side).Does that mean this food is also low iodine?
When I looked at the for that info, I found this saying the max on dry basis is 9, but it says proposed so I don’t know if that’s current guidelines. It’s all so overwhelming and confusing!It's frustrating when companies do this. I don't know what aafco's maximum is, however when I look at Koha's iodine content in their pates, it is quite a lot higher than I was comfortable with for my boy. The aafco minimum is 0.6 mg/kg which, for example, is what Weruva consistently maintains across all their varieties (I had several conversations with one of their representatives to get this info), and also just to mention, Feline Natural chicken and venison is low iodine (although their phosphorus content is on the high side).
I saw a date there that was 2014. Even if they've decreased it since, it's likely still awfully high.I don’t know if that’s current guidelines.
Thank you. I have a small bag of the hills y/d dry food from the vet because she typically prefers dry over wet but I wanted some wet to offer her too.I saw a date there that was 2014. Even if they've decreased it since, it's likely still awfully high.
Hang in there with this. You're on the right track working to determine the best food for your cats, and if more and more customers such as us keep contacting the manufacturers, they'll pay attention and do as Weruva, Evangers and Daves did with phosphorus and begin making varieties with lower iodine.
Great suggestions!The Weruva rep told me that some people add unseasoned chicken to their wet chicken varieties to lower the iodine from the 0.6 mg/kg.
Along that thought, I took some of the y/d kibble, put it in a food processor to get it really fine and added that to some wet food I had for Poppy. You could double check with your vet to see what s/he thinks of this approach.